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ELIZABETH R. FOWLER, OF OHETOPA, KANSAS.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 482,348, dated September 13, 1892.

Application filed September 30. 1891. Serial No. 407.312. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ELIZABETH R. FOWLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chetopa, in the county of Labette and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Ironing-Board, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to ironing-tables; and the object of the same is to construct a table of this character which is adapted to be used when desired for other purposes than ironing and which will then present the appearance of an ordinary table.

To this end the invention consists of the specific details of construction hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and as illustrated on the two sheets of drawings,wherein Figure 1 is a general perspective view of the device when used as an ordinary table. Fig. 2 is a similar View when used as an ironing-table, several of the clothes-supporting rods being drawn out. Fig. 3 is an elevation of the right-hand end of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a plan view of Fig. 2 with the hinged top removed. Fig. 5 is a side elevation, partly in section, of the bracket and its supportingsocket. Fig. 6 is a plan view of one of the clothes-supporting rods. Fig. 7 is a bottom plan view of Fig. 1.

Referring to the said drawings, the letters L designate legs supporting a table, whose body is covered with suitably-padded cloth to form an ironing-surface I, and to the rear edge of this table-top I are secured hinges H, which connect with a cover 0 of the same width but of slightly greater length than said top I and having depending edges E, as shown. The edges or flanges E are of greater width than the thickness of the table-top to adapt the same to cover said edges or ends of said table-top. In the ends of the top I are formed deep holes, in which are removably seated clolhessupporting rods r, whose enlarged heads R are adapted to be inclosed and hidden from view by said cover and its edges, when said rods are pushed inwardly and the cover is brought down. The said flanges E are constructed, as set forth, to also cover the projecting heads of the rods r and hide the same from view when the device is arranged as a table and the cover 0 is closed down.

Referring now to Fig. 7, the letters S and S designate the side bars of the table, the rearmost one of which S has a section S hinged, as at h, to the side bar, the latter being thickened for the balance of the distance to preserve the beauty of design. In the inner face of this section S is a recess or notch N, within which is pivoted a button B, as best seen in Fig. 3, and secured to and. depending from the outer end of this section is a half-leg L, which with its companion member secured to the table forms when in the normal position a complete leg at this corner of the table. The end side bar preferably has a lip Z projecting slightly beyond the leg L at this corner and adapted to bear frictionally upon the outer face of the half-leg L, and the latter may also have a pin 10 engaging the socket s in the corner-leg to hold the two members against displacement when the table is in its normal condition.

Referring now to Fig. 5, the letter K designates a bracket having upturned ears U around its periphery and havinga depending stud D at its center adapted to enterasocket Z, which is secured to one of the end side bars of the table, and this bracket is obviously for the purpose of supporting a flatiron, but is to be removed when the table is to be used for ordinary purposes.

In operation the table when in the condition shown in Fig. 1 is used as an ordinary table, the rear side preferably standing against the wall. When it is desired to use this table for ironing purposes, the cover 0 is raised against the wall and the bracket K inserted in the socket Z, the clothes-supporting rods being drawn outwardly when desired and clothes hung thereon. When the table is to be used at some distance from the wall and it becomes necessary to provide means for supporting the cover 0, the section S of the rear side bar S is turned outward, the button B is turned upward, and the cover 0 is thrown backward so as to rest upon the button. The reason the latter is employed is because the thickness of the table-topIis considerable to provide room for the clothes-supporting rods, whereas the thickness of the cover 0 is not so great, and as the section S is hinged below the table-top I there must be some means employed for making up this difference, all as best seen in Fig. 3. The front of the table may be provided with one or more drawers (1, and other additions which will readily suggest themselves may be made without departing from the spirit of my invention as well as various minor changes.

What is claimed as new isl 1. In an ironing-table, the combination of a table-top having a padded cover and supporting-legs and also provided with holes in the opposite ends thereof, clothes-supporting rods removably inserted in said holes in the opposite ends of the table and having enlarged heads, and a cover hinged to the rear edge of said top and of a length to cover the top and said heads, said cover having depending edges or flanges at the ends and front thereof of slightly-greater width than the thickness of the table-top, substantially as described.

2. In an ironing-board, the combination of a table-top provided with a padding and having holes in the opposite ends thereof in which rods are movably mounted, side bars beneath said top, the rearmost whereof is of double thickness and provided with a hinged section, legs at the ends of said side bars,ahalfleg at the free end of said hinged section, a button pivoted in a notch in the inner face of said section, the end side bar having a lip thereon to frictionally engage said half-leg, and a cover hinged to the rear side of said table-top adapted to be supported by said button and provided with a flange of sligh tlygreater width than the table-top is thick to thereby embrace the edges of said table-top and the heads of the clothes-supporting rods, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aifixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ELIZABETH R. FOWLER.

Witnesses:

E. W. BEDELL, ED. MARTIN. 

